Best EdTech Companies in State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The 32 best EdTech companies in State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Descomplica.
Our analysis of 261 EdTech companies
$20.4b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best EdTech companies in State of Rio de Janeiro
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Descomplica Provider of online learning platform for students | $115M | 68 mo ago | Series E | — | 2011 | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+35 | — |
| 2 | Yupi Studios Online educational games for kids | $60M | — | Seed | Erisvaldo Junior Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 3 | Passei Direto Collaborative platform for university students | $9M | 76 mo ago | Series B | Andre Simoes Co-Founder | 2012 | Cart FunctionalitySentryZendesk+26 | — |
| 4 | Motrix E-learning platform offering social learning solutions for schools | $3M | 40 mo ago | Seed | Ricardo Schneider CEO | 2021 | WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+9 | — |
| 5 | Coala Saude Provider of healthcare solutions for school students | $3M | 38 mo ago | Seed | Matheus Soares Co-Founder | 2022 | WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+22 | — |
| 6 | ITS Rio Online course provider for professionals | $2M | 36 mo ago | Funding Raised | Sergio Branco Co-Founder & Director | 2014 | WordPressMySQLRedis+28 | — |
| 7 | Teachy Online platform offering lesson planning tools for teachers | $2M | 40 mo ago | Seed | Pedro Siciliano Co-Founder | 2022 | TurbopackEmotionSentry+25 | — |
| 8 | Nutrebem Payment and nutrition tracking platform for cafeterias | $1M | 92 mo ago | Series A | Rodrigo Esteves CEO | 2012 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+22 | — |
| 9 | Conecturma Provider of online learning platform for kids | $1M | 115 mo ago | Deadpooled | Rafael Parente CEO | 2013 | — | — |
Top 12 EdTech companies in State of Rio de Janeiro
#1
Funding Raised · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2014 · 62 employees$1.7Mraised▾
itsrio is an online course provider for professionals. It provides courses on various topics such as crypto-currency, communication, network structure & regulation, startup, big-data, and others. It also provides certificates on completion of course.
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)$581.8K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$1.1M
#2
Seed · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2022$2.5Mraised▾
Provider of healthcare solutions for school students. It provides psychological and nutrition consulting, control of diseases, allergies, and vaccines, coverage of expenses in accidents, health education, and more.
- Aug 2023Seed$2.5M
#3
Series E · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2011 · 1054 employees$114.8Mraised▾
Descomplica provides an online learning platform for students. It provides pre-recorded videos, live classes, & quizzes for subjects like biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, geography, and history. The subjects are oriented towards ENEM(Brazilian High School National Exam). It also offers a correction writing facility, a live chat facility, and a platform where students can exchange messages with each other and teachers. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Feb 2021Series E$84.5M
- Dec 2017Series D$17M
- May 2015Series C$7M
- Jan 2014Series B$5M
#4
Seed · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2021 · 45 employees$2.9Mraised▾
E-learning platform offering social learning solutions for schools. It also provides solutions for curriculum design, content authoring, lesson planning, and assessment management.
- Jun 2023Seed$2.9M
#5
Seed · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2022 · 13 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Developer of a teaching platform designed to help teachers through the definitive solution to the endless overtime faced by them. The company offers teachers to assemble exercises, correct questions automatically and prepare lessons and follow up with their students, enabling users to create a generation of customizable exercise lists, correction of objective and discursive tests and preparation of classes and supplementary materials.
#6
Series B · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2012 · 179 employees$8.5Mraised▾
Collaborative platform for university students. The platform enables students to access study materials shared by others. Students can also ask questions, follow the latest happenings, find jobs or internships, and others. Monetizes through in-app purchases. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
- 2020Series B—
- Mar 2016Series B$6.2M
- 2013Seed$2M
- 2012Seed$268.4K
#7
Seed · Paraiba do Sul, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2013$60Mraised▾
Online educational games for kids. It includes simple activities for parents and children to develop reading and writing skills and parents can track the skills developed by students such as knowledge, reasoning, motor coordination, artistic and social skills.
- Seed$60M
#8
Series A · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2012 · 28 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Nutrebem is a payment and nutrition tracking platform for the school's snack bar and cafeteria. As of Oct 2015, its being used in 38 private schools in Brazil with 38,000 students in three major cities. They evaluate nutritional value of each product offering and also offer real-time monitoring of the entire consumption through their online platform.
- Feb 2019Series A$1.3M
- Seed—
#9
Deadpooled · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2013$1.3Mraised▾
Conecturma provides an online learning platform for kids. It offers various gamified apps for kids to learn about language, numbers, etc.
- Mar 2017Seed$1.3M
#10
Seed · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2014 · 7 employees$77.1Kraised▾
Me Passa Ai is a distance learning platform which helps higher education students in diverse courses ranging from structural analysis, financial education to entrepreneurship etc. Video lessons are created by "nerds" ( a student who stand out and can connect with the user base). Contents are structured in a number of short videos which helps in effective learning. Provides solved exercises, notes and abstracts for reference and study.
- Sep 2016Seed$77.1K
- Nov 2014Grant (prize money)$25K
#11
Funding Raised · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2013 · 19 employees$40Kraised▾
EduSynch provides an adaptive learning platform for English language proficiency exams. Help to improve English proficiency for all exams like TOEFL, TOEIC, Cambridge. Charges on monthly basis. Accessible through web and android mobiles.
- May 2019Grant (prize money)$40K
#12
Seed · Niteroi, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2013 · 11 employees—raised▾
Edools is a SaaS-based platform which provides customers with video and document hosting, students management, e-commerce integration, scalability and appearance solutions. Provides an API to integrate with the customer’s internal and third-party services. A customer can upload free courses or closed group premium courses.
- Sep 2015Seed—
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How research on Education Technology is moving in Brazil
A read on the academic research around Education Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 486 Brazil-affiliated papers.
- Ação Educativa23
- Universidade de São Paulo21
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina17
- Ministry of Health15
- Ministry of Education13
- Mathematics education3
- Virtual reality3
- Experiential learning3
- Learning analytics2
- Analytics2
- Educational technology2→64
- Mathematics education1→26
- Context (archaeology)1→24
- Blended learning1→14
- Class (philosophy)1→9
- Educational technology4→42
- E learning1→35
- Mathematics education4→24
- Pedagogy1→17
- Humanities1→16
Where edtech is researched across Brazil
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
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